Study: Poverty in U.S. ‘deeply disturbing’
By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, but it would look dramatically different if its 50 states were organized according to income instead of geography.
If that were the case, residents of the poorest state in the union would have a median household income that’s just above the federal poverty line for a family of four. They would also expect to live shorter lives than people in more than half of the world’s countries.
It’s not a pretty picture, according to the researchers who carried out this thought experiment.
“In essence, there are several developing countries hidden within the borders of the United States — regions defined, in this case, by poverty,” they wrote in a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health. “The ‘state’ of poverty in this country is dramatic and deeply disturbing.”
According to Drudge Report 1500 people a day crossing our southern border. Certainly doesn’t help poverty stats. Just extrapolate to see why poverty is so high.
In the 7th grade Dr. Wolf from UNR was teaching class in Fallon, Nevada. He lasted oneyear only. Couldn’t stand how slow and stupid all of the cowgirl/boys and farmers were!
He PROVED that 1+1 did NOT = 2. I quit math that year.
Mark Twain..”There are three kinds of lies; Lies, damned lies and statistics.”
Herman Cain..”Numbers do not lie but people that lie use numbers.”
Edward O. Thorp…”Beat The Dealer” 1962 proved that the average winning hand in Blackjack was 18.3 and ruined the game for millions….personally I’ve never seen 18.3 on a blackjack table.
Now you see how HILLARY beat herself in the election and how ‘they’ manipulate the numbers.
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill also said, “Never, never, never, never, never give up.”
The Queen said, “Remain calm and carry on.”
Winston Churchill’s housekeeper declared that if she were his wife she would be driven to poison his tea and he replied that if she were his wife he’d be driven to drink it.
Lady Astor declared, encountering Winnie at the House of Commons, “Mr. Churchill, you are drunk!”
Winnie said, “Yes, madam and you are ugly and tomorrow I will be sober.”
Forgive me, I am a Winston Churchill fan.
Being a Winston Churchill fan requires no forgiveness.